Ugly House Photos

Urban scenery is the focus of Dutch photographer Niki Feijen’s work.  Her collection of photos of abandoned homes, farms, and buildings in The Netherlands is fascinating.
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Look what time has done.

The roof collapsed in this home.

A snapshot in time.

Many homes were simply abandoned with furniture and belongings still in place.

Time removed most of the wallpaper.

Mold & mildew on the ceiling.

Wild wallpaper.

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Here’s a delightful home for sale in The Netherlands.  Only $325,000 euros!  (about $425,000 US dollars).

This home has lots of a’peel.

Sure to appeal to buyers.

Some fresh paint is all that’s needed here.

An easy weekend project.

The sellers hope to sweep up a deal and rake in the dough.

Lots of potential.

As pretty as tulips in the Spring.

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I went to Oahu, Hawaii and then to Australia (Cairns/Great Barrier Reef, Uluru/Ayer’s Rock, & Melbourne) for 2 1/2 weeks in February.  I wrote new posts in advance and was able to update daily during my vacation.

Here’s a rusty kitchen in Honolulu.

Misery loves company.  It’s nice/sad to know they knot their window curtains in Honolulu too, as seen at a different house.

Oops, they did it again in the next bedroom.

Here’s the front of the house.  You can see a knotted curtain in the window.  Looks like they tried to shove a mattress through the window.

Clash of the Patterns in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  The wallpaper is fighting with the carpet for attention.

This next Melbourne house would be really nice if the walls weren’t cracked or peeling.

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I went on vacation to Iceland for a week in late August & early September.  Of course, I’m always interested in homes.

The Skogasafn Museum in Skogar, Iceland (south Iceland) is chock full of old items from the 1800s to 1900s.  They also have old houses for visitors to check out.  I’ll share a few with you today.

Many of the older homes in Iceland are built with stone walls and sod roofs.  This is the entrance to a communal room, where residents ate, slept, & worked.  It was built around 1895.

From the front door, we look to the right and see two beds.

Then to the left, we see two more beds.  Short length too.  Really short.

Panning further to the left, we see the opposite side of the room, with another adult bed on the right, and a baby’s bed on the left.

Looking to the left again, we see a preparation table.

Many of the rooms/homes were built in a line.  There might be a tack room for animals, a metal crafting/smithing room, and living quarters.

This is a separate kitchen/cooking room from 1880.  I can’t imagine how they did it all, especially in Icelandic winters when it’s dark 21 hours of the day.

This farm house was built in 1919.  Common in southeast Iceland and east Iceland, farm houses had the cowshed (middle section) under the bedroom and main living area to keep it warm in winter.  This home was occupied until 1970, then restored in 1989 for the museum.

Another view of an older Iceland home with stone walls and sod roof.  Iceland itself is very green.  Lots of sheep and horses.  And glaciers and waterfalls.

A more modern kitchen, from the early 1900s.

Nice looking well-maintained home built in 1898 in the big city of Reykjavik, Iceland.  Notice how the two small upper windows are open?  I found this at almost every house and apartment building in Reykjavik.  And this is when late August temperatures are around 54 degrees F (12C).  A home owner told me that electricity is super cheap in Reykjavik.  Their electricity comes from thermal heat (volcano heat!!); steam-generated power plants.  And the homes have radiator heat with hot steam.  The owner said his electric bill is about $40US/month.  The houses can be toasty warm, so they open windows to cool them down.  Water is hot, hot, hot.  Almost scalding hot.

Tiny house in Reykjavik, Iceland.  I saw this while walking around town.  Squeezed between two other homes.

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The Green House, from The Netherlands.  Your friends will be green with envy if you buy this house.

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The new season of Hoarders TV show starts this Monday, September 10 on A&E TV.  What wonders will we see this season?  Homes like these?

From the United Kingdom.

From Texas.

From Phoenix.

Unknown location.

Unknown location.  Could be your neighbor.  You never know.

My house is so cluttered, I think I’ll have a beer.

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It’s safe to say, you’re going to have a reaction.  Shock?  A laugh?  Disgust?  Passion?  Disbelief?  From a home in The Netherlands.  At least they didn’t show their nether regions.  Is this where SpongeBob SquarePants lives?  Bikini Bottom?

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Bearskin rug, stuffed bear, and a cheetah in a Netherlands home.

Javelina, elk, and deer heads on display in Phoenix.

She won a trophy for being a wife who puts up with dead deer in their bedroom.  Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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How many pillows is too much?  When you can’t sit down on the couch!

Really?

Even the Dutch are doing it.  From a home in The Netherlands.

Make it stop.

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What better way to celebrate the beauty of springtime than with flowers?  Elkhart, Indiana.

Spice up your kitchen with this jazzy wallpaper design.  Live Oak, Florida.

Sunflowers cheer everyone up.  The Netherlands.

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